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Environment and society in the Japanese islands : from prehistory to the present / / edited by Bruce L. Batten and Philip C. Brown ; contributors, Gina L. Barnes [and fourteen others]
| Environment and society in the Japanese islands : from prehistory to the present / / edited by Bruce L. Batten and Philip C. Brown ; contributors, Gina L. Barnes [and fourteen others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Corvallis, Oregon : , : Oregon State University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.20952 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - Japan - History
Human ecology - Japan - History Climatic changes - Japan - History Resilience (Ecology) - Japan - History Environmental degradation - Risk assessment - Japan - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-87071-802-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Green Perspectives on the Japanese Past / Bruce L. Batten and Philip C. Brown -- Part I. Lay of the Land : Geology and Topography -- Vulnerable Japan : The Tectonic Setting of Life in the Archipelago / Gina L. Barnes -- Settlement Patterns and Environment of Heiji-kyo, an Ancient Capital City Site in Japan / Tatsunori Kawasumi -- Earthquakes as Social Drama in the Tokugawa Period / Gregory Smits -- Part II. Water : Oceans, Rivers, Lakes -- Traditional Use of Resources and Management of Littoral Environments at Lake Biwa / Shizuyo Sano -- Floods, Drainage, and River Projects in Early Modern Japan : Civil Engineering and the Foundations of Resilience / Philip C. Brown -- High-Growth Hydrosphere : Sakuma Dam and the Socionatural Dimensions of "Comprehensive Development" Planning in Post-1945 Japan / Eric G. Dinmore -- Part III. Life : Flora, Fauna, Fertilizer -- Japan as an Organic Empire : Commercial Fertilizers, Nitrogen Supply, and Japan's Core-Peripheral Relationship / Toshihiro Higuchi -- Struggling with Complex Natures in the Ogasawara Islands / Colin Tyner -- When the Green Archipelago Encountered Formosa : The Making of Modern Forestry in Taiwan under Japan's Colonial Rule (1895/1945) / Kuang-chi Hung -- Part IV. Climate -- Climatic Changes in Japan since the Eighteenth Century / Takehiko Mikami, Masumi Zaiki, and Junpei Hirano -- Climate, Famine, and Population in Japanese History : A Long-Term Perspective / Osamu Saito -- The Climatic Dilemmas of Built Environments : Tokyo, Heat Islands, and Urban Adaptation / Scott O'Bryan -- Concluding Thoughts: In the Shadow of 3.11 / Bruce L. Batten and Philip C. Brown. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460929403321 |
| Corvallis, Oregon : , : Oregon State University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environment and society in the Japanese islands : from prehistory to the present / / edited by Bruce L. Batten and Philip C. Brown ; contributors, Gina L. Barnes [and fourteen others]
| Environment and society in the Japanese islands : from prehistory to the present / / edited by Bruce L. Batten and Philip C. Brown ; contributors, Gina L. Barnes [and fourteen others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Corvallis, Oregon : , : Oregon State University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.20952 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - Japan - History
Human ecology - Japan - History Climatic changes - Japan - History Resilience (Ecology) - Japan - History Environmental degradation - Risk assessment - Japan - History |
| ISBN | 0-87071-802-9 |
| Classificazione | HIS021000SCI026000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Green Perspectives on the Japanese Past / Bruce L. Batten and Philip C. Brown -- Part I. Lay of the Land : Geology and Topography -- Vulnerable Japan : The Tectonic Setting of Life in the Archipelago / Gina L. Barnes -- Settlement Patterns and Environment of Heiji-kyo, an Ancient Capital City Site in Japan / Tatsunori Kawasumi -- Earthquakes as Social Drama in the Tokugawa Period / Gregory Smits -- Part II. Water : Oceans, Rivers, Lakes -- Traditional Use of Resources and Management of Littoral Environments at Lake Biwa / Shizuyo Sano -- Floods, Drainage, and River Projects in Early Modern Japan : Civil Engineering and the Foundations of Resilience / Philip C. Brown -- High-Growth Hydrosphere : Sakuma Dam and the Socionatural Dimensions of "Comprehensive Development" Planning in Post-1945 Japan / Eric G. Dinmore -- Part III. Life : Flora, Fauna, Fertilizer -- Japan as an Organic Empire : Commercial Fertilizers, Nitrogen Supply, and Japan's Core-Peripheral Relationship / Toshihiro Higuchi -- Struggling with Complex Natures in the Ogasawara Islands / Colin Tyner -- When the Green Archipelago Encountered Formosa : The Making of Modern Forestry in Taiwan under Japan's Colonial Rule (1895/1945) / Kuang-chi Hung -- Part IV. Climate -- Climatic Changes in Japan since the Eighteenth Century / Takehiko Mikami, Masumi Zaiki, and Junpei Hirano -- Climate, Famine, and Population in Japanese History : A Long-Term Perspective / Osamu Saito -- The Climatic Dilemmas of Built Environments : Tokyo, Heat Islands, and Urban Adaptation / Scott O'Bryan -- Concluding Thoughts: In the Shadow of 3.11 / Bruce L. Batten and Philip C. Brown. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797324103321 |
| Corvallis, Oregon : , : Oregon State University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Environment and society in the Japanese islands : from prehistory to the present / / edited by Bruce L. Batten and Philip C. Brown ; contributors, Gina L. Barnes [and fourteen others]
| Environment and society in the Japanese islands : from prehistory to the present / / edited by Bruce L. Batten and Philip C. Brown ; contributors, Gina L. Barnes [and fourteen others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Corvallis, Oregon : , : Oregon State University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.20952 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - Japan - History
Human ecology - Japan - History Climatic changes - Japan - History Resilience (Ecology) - Japan - History Environmental degradation - Risk assessment - Japan - History |
| ISBN | 0-87071-802-9 |
| Classificazione | HIS021000SCI026000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Green Perspectives on the Japanese Past / Bruce L. Batten and Philip C. Brown -- Part I. Lay of the Land : Geology and Topography -- Vulnerable Japan : The Tectonic Setting of Life in the Archipelago / Gina L. Barnes -- Settlement Patterns and Environment of Heiji-kyo, an Ancient Capital City Site in Japan / Tatsunori Kawasumi -- Earthquakes as Social Drama in the Tokugawa Period / Gregory Smits -- Part II. Water : Oceans, Rivers, Lakes -- Traditional Use of Resources and Management of Littoral Environments at Lake Biwa / Shizuyo Sano -- Floods, Drainage, and River Projects in Early Modern Japan : Civil Engineering and the Foundations of Resilience / Philip C. Brown -- High-Growth Hydrosphere : Sakuma Dam and the Socionatural Dimensions of "Comprehensive Development" Planning in Post-1945 Japan / Eric G. Dinmore -- Part III. Life : Flora, Fauna, Fertilizer -- Japan as an Organic Empire : Commercial Fertilizers, Nitrogen Supply, and Japan's Core-Peripheral Relationship / Toshihiro Higuchi -- Struggling with Complex Natures in the Ogasawara Islands / Colin Tyner -- When the Green Archipelago Encountered Formosa : The Making of Modern Forestry in Taiwan under Japan's Colonial Rule (1895/1945) / Kuang-chi Hung -- Part IV. Climate -- Climatic Changes in Japan since the Eighteenth Century / Takehiko Mikami, Masumi Zaiki, and Junpei Hirano -- Climate, Famine, and Population in Japanese History : A Long-Term Perspective / Osamu Saito -- The Climatic Dilemmas of Built Environments : Tokyo, Heat Islands, and Urban Adaptation / Scott O'Bryan -- Concluding Thoughts: In the Shadow of 3.11 / Bruce L. Batten and Philip C. Brown. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812490803321 |
| Corvallis, Oregon : , : Oregon State University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Science, technology, and medicine in the modern Japanese Empire / / edited by David G. Wittner and Philip C. Brown
| Science, technology, and medicine in the modern Japanese Empire / / edited by David G. Wittner and Philip C. Brown |
| Autore | Wittner David G |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Taylor & Francis, 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (chapter 14, pages 227 - 243) : digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 509.52 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BrownPhilip C. <1947->
WittnerDavid G |
| Collana | Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia |
| Soggetto topico |
Medicine - Japan - History
Science - Japan - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
medicine
japan |
| ISBN |
1-315-69591-X
1-317-44435-3 1-317-44436-1 9781315695914 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. On science and faith in the life of a Meiji engineer / Aleksandra Kobiljski -- 2. Academia-industry relations : interpreting the role of Nagai Nagayoshi in the development of new businesses in the Meiji period and beyond / Julia S. Yongue -- 3. An emperor's chemist in war and peace : Sakurai Joji during the Russo-Japanese War and World War I / Kikuchi Yoshiyuki -- 4. Buddhism contra cholera : how the Meiji state recruited religion against epidemic disease / William D. Johnston -- 5. The influenza pandemic of 1918, Taisho democracy and freedom of the press during the Siberian intervention / Sumiko Otsubo -- 6. The politics of manic depression in the Japanese empire / Janice Matsumura -- 7. A colony or a sanitorium? A comparative history of segregation politics of Hansen's disease in modern Japan / Hirokawa Waka -- 8. "They are not human" : Hansen's disease and medical responses to Hojo Tamio / Kathryn M. Tanaka -- 9. Dr. Baelz's Mongolian spot : German medicine, discourse of race in Meiji Japan, and the local response / Rotem Kowner -- 10. When precision obscures : disease categories related to cholera during the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) / Roberto Padilla -- 11. Kampo in wartime Sino-Japanese relations : the Association of East Asian Medicine and the search for a tripartite medical partnership / Norihito Mizuno -- 12. The question of research in prewar Japanese physics / Ito Kenji -- 13. Architects of ABC weapons for the Japanese empire : microbiologists and theoretical physicists / Tomoko Y. Steen -- 14. The science of population and birth control in post-war Japan / Homei Aya. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910765801403321 |
Wittner David G
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| Taylor & Francis, 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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